RIVER EAST TRANSCONA TEACHERS' ASSOCIATION

EFFECTIVE PERIOD: 2014/07/01 - 2018/06/30 (EXPIRED)

ARTICLE 6: ADMINISTRATIVE ALLOWANCES

6.01 Principal's Salary

a)       Principal's Salary

A principal’s salary shall be determined as outlined below.  Upon effective appointment, the principal shall be paid a total salary and allowance(s) determined as follows:

 i)     by educational qualifications and experience as per the basic salary schedule Article 3;

ii)     a principal’s allowance as determined by the formula in “Determination of Principal’s Allowance” Article 6; plus,

iii)    any other allowance(s) for which the principal is eligible under this Collective Agreement.

b)         Determination of Principal’s Allowance

Principal’s allowance for schools in the River East Transcona School Division shall be determined by the following formula:

Principal’s Allowance = Base + (# of students x Student rate) + (# of staff x staff rate)

This formula will be applied yearly immediately after September 30th staff and student enrolment figures have been determined.  Changes in allowances will be retroactive to the beginning of the school year and will be reflected in the October salary payment.

c) Definition of Terms

Base:  the base allowance for a school principal identified as being $15,903.00
#of students:  the total student population in a school as of September 30th of the current year, where each Kindergarten to Senior 6 student equals 1.

Student rate:  $9.88 per student as defined in “# of students”.

# of staff:  the total staff population in a school as of September 30th of the current year, where each teacher, secretary, paraprofessional, library tech/clerk and custodian working 50% or more in a school equals one, and those who are working less than 50% in a school equal 0.5.

Staff rate:  $106.93 per staff as defined in “# of staff”.

d) Rates

 

Fall Term 2014

Fall Term 2015

Fall Term 2016

Fall Term 2017

January

2018

Base

$15,903

$16,221

$16,545

$16,793

$17,045

Student Rate

$9.88

$10.08

$10.28

$10.44

$10.59

Staff Rate

$106.93

$109.07

$111.25

$112.92

$114.61


e) Protection of Allowance – Where a principal or vice-principal, as at September 2007, is earning an annual allowance greater than they would be entitled based on the new principal schedule, then the allowance will be red-circled until the scheduled allowance exceeds the red-circled amount.

f) John G. Stewart School – Notwithstanding the above determination of Principal’s allowance, the Principal’s allowance for John G. Stewart School will be equal to the lowest calculated allowance for the other divisional middle/junior high schools.

6.02 Vice-Principal

a)         A Vice‑Principal shall be paid in accordance with educational qualifications and experience as per Article 3, plus an allowance of fifty percent (50%) of the administrative allowance for that school.

6.03

a)  Principals and Vice-Principals on leave shall return to same or equivalent position.

b)  Change in salary shall be effective upon date of appointment.

c)  In the event of a change in position by a principal or a vice-principal to another administrative position for which the allowance is less, his/her allowance shall remain the same for a period not greater than two years, or until it is exceeded by the new allowance.

6.04 Consultants

Consultants shall be paid an annual allowance above and beyond the salary outlined in Article 3 of this Agreement as follows:

Fall Term 2014 

$7,110

Fall Term 2015

$7,824

Fall Term 2016

$7,981

Fall Term 2017

$8,519

January 2018

$8,647

6.05 Directors

Directors shall be paid an allowance per annum above and beyond the salary outlined in Article 3 of this Agreement, according to the following increment pattern:

Fall Term 2014 Fall Term 2015 Fall Term 2016 Fall Term 2017 January
2018
On appointment $16,583 $16,915 $17,253 $17,512 $17,775
One Year later $18,465 $18,834 $19,211 $19,499 $19,792
The following year $20,013 $20,414 $20,822 $21,134 $21,451

6.06 Designated Teacher

In each school in the Division, a teacher will be designated by the Superintendent, in consultation with the Principal, to be in charge of the school in the absence of the Principal and Vice-Principal. Each designated teacher shall receive an annual allowance as follows:

Fall Term 2014  $840
Fall Term 2015 $857
Fall Term 2016 $874
Fall Term 2017 $888
January 2018 $901

In schools where there is no vice-principal the stated annual allowance may be split equally between the designated teachers in the school.